The latest RAD Studio C++ Builder 12 Update 1 has been released with a lot of amazing new features, such as the new bcc64x 64-bit CLANG compiler that has VCL/FMX/Skia GUI support with a one-click “64bit Windows Modern” platform option, a very useful Split Editor feature, fully integrated and enhanced Skia Library with an abundance of support for graphic formats (SVG, Animated GIF…
How To Use Skia With C++ Builder 12
April 28, 2024
The latest RAD Studio C++ Builder 12 Update 1 has been released with a lot of enticing new features, such as the new bcc64x 64-bit CLANG compiler that has VCL/FMX/Skia GUI support with a one-click “64bit Windows Modern” platform option, a very useful Split…
The Best Of Third-Party Components And Libraries
April 24, 2024
One of the great strengths of RAD Studio is how little you need to do to create incredible apps which can run on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux. The secret sauce to that is the component-based way of programming. These little gems of ready-made functionality which…
What Are The Container Adapters in Modern C++?
April 19, 2024
Hello developers, here we will explain the container adapters. Before I get into that, as a C++ Builder developer, I should say that these past few weeks have made me so happy that we released the new RAD Studio 12.1. This release has massive C++ upgrades to the new Windows 64-bit Modern Compiler along with new VCL/FMX/Skia options to help with modern programming. There were also a lot of new…
The New Quality Portal Is Live - Here Are The Details
April 5, 2024
Hot on the heels of our announcement that RAD Studio 12.1 is now available we have some more good news; the new Quality Portal is now live and ready for you to use!
What Is The Embarcadero Quality Portal?
The Quality Portal, usually more simply referred to as QP, is a…
Announcing the Availability of RAD Studio 12.1 Athens
April 4, 2024
Embarcadero is very excited to announce the release of RAD Studio 12.1 Athens along with Delphi 12.1 and C++Builder 12.1.
RAD Studio 12.1 Athens release primarily focuses on enhancing the new features in RAD Studio 12, adding further refinements and addressing customer…
A Complete Guide To The List Of Features In C++ 14
March 20, 2024
C++ is one of the most powerful programming languages and it is being improved by every new C++ standard. The “Modern C++” term started with the release of the C++11 standards, and then extended further with the C++14, C++17, and C++20 standards. In the future C++23 is already on the horizon. Modern C++ consists of a lot of features of previous C++ standards too and, of course, those of the C…
Here’s a guest blog post by Jim McKeeth, Embarcadero MVP and US Director of GDK Software. To celebrate the recent π day 2024 with a Delphi flavor I revisited the previous sample I made with Rudy’s Big Numbers library adding the functionality to view the digits of �…
Hello C++ Developer, this week we have a new meeting about the latest C++ Builder 12 update, and we have 3 new posts to share with you. In these posts, we explain TViewport3D and TMesh components and we create a parametric torus function to draw different torus types in…
How To Use The Firebase API To Add, Read, and Delete Data In A Realtime Document-Oriented Database
March 1, 2024
Currently, the use of a remote database for storing various types of data (such as product and user information for an online store, patient details in a clinic, etc.) is highly relevant. Also, more and more developers want to create cross platform apps to access the data on device targets such as Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
For this purpose, both traditional relational databases and…